Mark Spiegler

Mark Spiegler
Spiegler at the XRCO Awards in Hollywood, California on April 25, 2013
Born1958 or 1959 (age 65–66)
Other namesShylock[1]
Websitespieglergirls.com

Mark Spiegler (born 1958/1959)[2] is an American talent agent for pornographic actresses and founder of Spiegler Girls, which is often regarded as being among the adult film industry's top agencies.[1][3][4][5]

Spiegler was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2012.[6]

Early life

Spiegler was raised in West Hollywood, California and attended Hollywood Professional School and then Hollywood High School.[1][7] He is Jewish.[8] He graduated from California State University, Northridge with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and became a stock trader afterward.[1][3]

Career

Mark Spiegler (center) with Spiegler Girls (clockwise from top left) Valentina Nappi, Asa Akira, Alina Li, Gabriela Paltrova, Jessie Andrews and Casey Calvert at the 2014 AVN Awards

Spiegler began working in the adult film industry as a production assistant in the 1980s, while in the 1990s he worked as a producer on 96 pornographic films.[3]

Spiegler began working as an agent after French pornographic actress Lisa Crawford asked him to represent her.[9] In 1999, he began working as an agent for Topp Models, but in 2003 he founded his own agency, Spiegler Girls, which is a member of the Licensed Adult Talent Agency Trade Association (LATATA).[3]

Spiegler refers to himself as the "Patron of the Tarts" on his business cards.[1][5] He has also been referred to as the "Ari Emanuel of porn" by several mainstream media outlets, such as The Hollywood Reporter[3] and The Daily Beast.[5] LA Weekly referred to him as the "Ari Gold of porn".[10]

Spiegler has appeared on The Tyra Banks Show,[11] The Burn with Jeff Ross[12] and the German documentary film 9to5 – Days in Porn.[13][14]

In February 2009, Spiegler filed a $3 million lawsuit for defamation of character against pornographic film director Skeeter Kerkove, who alleged that Spiegler received oral sex from four of his clients (Jayna Oso, Katja Kassin, Melissa Lauren and Katsuni) in exchange for finding them work, but all four performers signed declarations, stating that the allegations made by Kerkove were false and Spiegler won $85,000 in damages in December 2010.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Dave Gardetta (November 1, 2006). "The Teenager & The Porn Star". Los Angeles. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ Herman, Barbara (January 23, 2015). "In Bed With Porn Super Agent Mark Spiegler: 'It's Business, With Sex'". International Business Times. The 56-year-old Spiegler, dubbed the "Ari Gold of porn" by L.A. Weekly, referring to the manic Hollywood agent in "Entourage" played by Jeremy Piven, may look relaxed, but by his own admission, he's a workaholic.
  3. ^ a b c d e Daniel Miller (November 15, 2012). "Inside the Risky Business of Porn Star Agents". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  4. ^ Sarah Feldberg (January 12, 2009). "A breaststroke through the porn talent pool with Mark Spiegler". Las Vegas Weekly. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  5. ^ a b c Richard Abowitz (January 8, 2011). "At AVN Weekend with Porn's Top Talent Agent". The Daily Beast. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  6. ^ "AVN Awards 2012 - Nominations" (PDF). AVN Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 29, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  7. ^ Richardson, Andrew; Padgett, Esra Soraya. "Mark Spiegler Patron of the Tarts". Richardson Magazine (A11: The Agency Issue): 73. I grew up in Hollywood and went to a school called Hollywood Professional School
  8. ^ Richard Abowitz (Jan 20, 2008). "Now they bare their souls to minister to others". Los Angeles Times.
  9. ^ Erika Icon (December 20, 2008). "Step Into The Arena". XBIZ. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  10. ^ Jessica P. Ogilvie (March 26, 2013). "10 Porn Stars Who Could Be the Next Jenna Jameson". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on March 29, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  11. ^ "Teens in the Sex Trade". IMDb. February 8, 2007. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  12. ^ Peter Warren (September 7, 2012). "Jeff Ross Gives Porn 'The Burn'". AVN. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  13. ^ David Sullivan (August 21, 2008). "Porn Documentary Premieres in Montreal". AVN. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  14. ^ Dan Miller (March 23, 2010). "Strand Releasing to Unveil '9 to 5: Days in Porn' Documentary". AVN. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  15. ^ Steve Javors (December 16, 2010). "Mark Spiegler Wins $85K in Defamation Suit Against Skeeter Kerkove". AVN. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
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